Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
2001 Jun;34(6):511-513.
Intrathoracic Migration of Steinmann Pin
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- 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Taejon, Korea.
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- Migration of Steinmann pins into the thoracic cavity is uncommon, but when occurs it can bring devasting consequences. A Sixty-year-old woman had pinning of the right humerus surgical neck fracture. She was not followed up after discharge. Two years later, a chest x-ray film and chest CT showed that the pin had migrated to the right hemithorax. The migrated pins were removed with right anterolateral thoracotomy incision without any difficulties.
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